them on a boat, is kind of wha it felt like sort of making a difference between slaves born in the united states, and those bor in africa, and suggestin somehow that slave - that our moral debt is les because they were born int slavery as opposed to snatched from their homes yes that s definitely how i felt they were portraying thi information. and also, that less than 4% of slavery in the wester hemisphere was in colonial america. is that to minimize the number of slaves that were here which still numbered in th millions i believe so. i also traveled to wisconsi to talk to a local elections official there about the threats he and his staff had been facing in the run up to the midterms dane county, which include madison, is one of the two counties in wisconsin wher donald trump demanded a recoun in 2020. to give you a sense of the rol dane county played in the last presidential election, the official i spoke to recently received a subpoena from the justice department special
when you look at jeff bezos, th millions he gave to joe biden and the millions is given durin the biden administration, for him to take him in such a publi way is really shocking. in fact, i think it speaks to his not just disillusionment bu total disappointment in this jo biden presidency? it also speaks to the fact that so many industries like musk, basis, and others, some o the great innovators of our tim did not want to be held responsible and accountable for what this president says and does so they don t respond they are somewhat consistent in thei silence. it also is quite striking to se a tweet by the oil and gas association in response to president biden s tweet, they said hey, i hope whatever white house intern wrote that tweet will take an economic one on on course when he or she gets to
people already knew about the sexual harassment claims. so, a, why sign the new contract? and, b, was that $25 million clause put in there because they already knew? why sign that new contract? well, i don t think it was a cret to anybody that bill o reilly was the cash cow for fox news. th millions of dollars that came in from advertisers. you know, you couldn t top it. he was the guy for them. however, in the end the ultimate liability exposure proved to be too great. and with the new change in the regime going from roger ailes as you discussed him being ousted already last year and having the murdochs come in, they said, you know what, this corporate culture is not going to be sustained. it s cost them $35 million at a minimum in litigation expenses, not to mention the severance packages, not to mention the settlement packages, you re exceeding $100 million already and you don t even know the amounts because there were nondisclosures and confidentiality settlements going on with o
some point out that any u.s. government shut down would be temporary, supporting the markets. but they add injofrts are looking for the problems to be resolved quickly because asia s markets are booming at the moment. back to you, greta. live in bankock, thank you. and how showdown will play with the american economy. that story this morning from the capitol. hello, rich. hello. it s played foo the american economy probably already affected your 401(k). take a look. u.s. markets down across the board closing last evening. the dow jones falling 128 points. nasdaq, s and p 10 points, all mostly, investors say because of fears of a shut down. the budget office says the affect does get worst longer you get into it. hundreds of thousands of federal workers are removed from the uth millions perhaps billions in